Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu (Girls Beyond the Wasteland)

Typhoon

You're still up?

Oh, Taiko-san.

No, he's so young.

Young?

Yeah, this writer.

You see them sometimes.

They're not much when they start off, but they get good quick...

Rokuara's Buntarou, huh?

Scenario: Buntarou

Zetsubou to kakki wa hitoe Despair and energy are one and the same

Jinsei wa hakanakute Life is short

Kusubutte irarenai We can't stay like this forever

Dakara arukidasou So let's start walking forward

Yukedo hatenai kono michi o What are you moving towards

Nani o hoshite susundeiku On this endless road?

Mizu o motome samayou you ni You won't get anywhere with hope without desire

Yoku no nai kibou ni mirai wa nai As if you're wandering looking only for water

Monogatari no algorithm The pilgrims pursue

Tadoru junreishatachi The algorithm of the story

Mune ni yadoru sono shin'nen ga The faith in our hearts

Death march wo ikinokoru sube Helps us survive this death march

Imagination no flow The imagination flows!

Junsui no mama ja iranai kanaetai dattara You can't stay pure if you want your dream to come true

Furenai unmei wo egakidasou Let's create an impossible fate

Tada matteitatte tsumannai It's boring just waiting around

Sou kanjiteitan janai That's how you felt, right?

Yume wa jibun de ubaitsukamu diamond Your dreams are a diamond you have to take for yourself

Chousen no turn It's our turn for challenge

Jounetsu no zone The passionate zone

Tomo ni tatte Let's stand together

Fumidashite mezasu kouya wo Take our first steps as we aim for the wasteland

Typhoon Attack

Morning, Kuroda-san.

Good morning.

Umm, what do I do here...

What's wrong, everyone?

Hana to Hana

N-nothing! I'm not wonderin' how I did or anything!

T-that's right! I'm not wondering what everyone thought about my voice acting!

I-I'm not wondering what they thought of my art...

I don't really care what people thought about "Asamori-san," either.

Huh!

I thought you were all looking up reactions online 'cause you were so curious about it!

Of course not!

Did you find anything? Of course not!

Did you find anything?

Did you find anything? Yeah, I finally pulled some up just now--

Yeah, I finally pulled some up just now--

Hook, line, and sinker.

#asamorisan

"The characters were cute. It was pretty good."

"I've been a Hokekiyo fan for a while but wow, she's a high schooler?"

That's our Torry!

Nothing about the voice acting, huh.

Or the script.

Still, they said it was pretty good!

Oh, look at that tweet!

Which one?!

@YucchiQQ: The heroine's voice in Asamori-san is so frickin cute!!! @web_zega: The demo of 24 Hours with Asamori-san is live now! Give it a try at our website! @YucchiQQ: @wwwwwwWWWwwWw I googled her name but I got nothing. Maybe Asamaori-san's her debut game

"The heroine's voice is so frickin' cute."

"I googled her name but I got nothing."

@wwwwwwWWWwwWw: 24 Hours with Asamori-san was OK. The little sister was cute, Kirika's cute too. Played by Yuuka Hayakawa. I'm all for her from now on. @kikuko_07: Amateurs? No way! Id's happeding! #asamorisan @tabesaya_tabetabe: Tabe-san was in Asamori's demo so I played it. Totally different from her playing of Elion. And she was the neighbor kid, too? Kirika's voice was great, too. How the hell is she not in an agency?

"I'm all for her from now on."

"Amateurs? No way!"

"How the hell is she not in an agency?"

They said your voice is cute!

They think you're a professional!

Nah, I'm not that good, well, yeah, I am!

Tell me more!

24 Hours with Asamori-san: Website updated! Staff journal & More #Rokuhara #asamori-san @paru_haru111: Asamori-san... @paru_haru111: Asamori-san's dark...

Whoa!

What's up?

Nothing at all!

24 Hours with Asamori-san: Website updated! Staff journal & More #Rokuhara #asamori-san @paru_haru111: Asamori-san... @paru_haru111: Asamori-san's dark... @yosi_hiro_29: Asamori-san looked like it was done by middle schoolers. @daiZU: Asamori-san. I'm curious.

"Had some rough bits but the script was good."

"My body wasn't ready for the confession scene!"

"Pretty good length for a demo."

"I kinda wanted a sex scene."

"Looking forward to this guy's works."

Ugh, creepy!

Hey, there's nothing written about me?!

No "it was awesome how you moved the model but also put a crossfade on it to make it look more animated"

or "I can't believe you animated the pigtails separately!"

Alright, that's enough patting ourselves on the back.

Don't overdo it!

Whaa?

It's beginner's luck that we've gotten great reviews.

Because it's our first game, people give it good reviews just because it works.

Really?

But getting such a good response for our demo is already a win for us.

What we have to do now is keep it up until the very end,

and finish something that's truly great.

Don't let yourselves lose your motivation after reading these reactions!

You're right.

It all starts now.

Alright, let's get back to work!

Yeah.

Hey, what's this?

It came out the same day as ours.

The Taiga Betrayal

What's it called?

It's from a company called Typhoon, "The Taiga Betrayal."

Typhoon...

A demo?

Oh, looks pretty gripping.

That's a lot of downloads.

Everyone's saying amazing things about it.

Let's give it a try!

Download Demo

This is a world where they desecrate even the second space architect's principles. Yes, anyone who steps foot into this real world, where the "princess" has awoken from her slumber, can never return to a peaceful life. Never again. You can still turn back.

The girl was good, and yet also evil.

She even surpassed gender...

T-that was a pretty intense game.

An extremely well-polished work.

While describing the dual nature of our world,

it showed the impossibility to draw a line between good and evil, black and white, or gender.

Wow.

I couldn't come up with something like it.

It's nothing to worry about, Hojo-kun.

You've done well with Asamori-san.

Just because your style is different doesn't mean it's worse.

Actually, it makes us better.

What do you mean?

"Taiga" is written in a very verbose, heavy style which will only sell via word-of-mouth.

Their target audience for that material are the fussy hardcore fans.

In comparison, our target audience are light users.

Because our target audience is different, our product is completely different.

If Asamori-san was a work like Taiga, it may have been unable to avoid criticism.

I see.

All we need to do is continue as usual until the end.

Especially you, Yuuki!

Don't let yourself be affected by anything strange.

Right.

Kuroda-san's right.

Nothing you can do even if you worry.

That's right!

Alright! Now let's get the ball rolling again!

Executive Art Director Taiko Sagamiwan (Typhoon) Scenario Mitsuteru Ohgi (Typhoon)

The script was by Mitsuteru Ohgi, huh?

Hojo-kun?

Huh?

I have a message from him.

He wants to meet you.

He wants to meet me?

Mitsuteru Ohgi.

Hope he's not another Hosokawa-san.

Hyakkei Coffee Shop

I wish Kuroda-san were here, too.

Excuse me, are you Buntarou from Rokuhara?

Yes! Are you Mitsuteru Ohgi from Typhoon?

Yeah, nice to meet you.

You're really young, yeah?

Y-yeah, I'm in 11th grade!

Huh, really?

Gotta revise my initial impressions, then.

Oh, I gave your game a try 'cause the demo came out on the same day as ours.

It was really good.

T-thank you very much.

I could tell your writing's still getting better.

Your depiction of a school wasn't fake at all.

It felt really real.

I see. It was really written by a high schooler.

That's great.

O-oh, no...

When you compare mine to yours, Mitsuteru-san, it's not much...

Well, I think mine's pretty well done.

But there's something still missing from it.

My expectations are high, and unending at that.

You nervous?

Huh?

I'd really like you to relax a little more.

R-right.

How'd you get into making games?

Um, uhh, I was invited by a friend.

I wrote scripts for drama club, so...

Huh.

I had no idea what I was doing in the beginning, but now I'm really glad she invited me.

Thanks to her, every day's just so much fun.

Her? She's a girl?

Um, uh, yeah.

That's awesome.

A girl you can talk with about dating sims.

That's pretty rare.

Her big brother was in the business, I hear.

Oh, who?

Uh, I don't know his name.

I see. I'm jealous.

I don't know anyone in the industry.

I think those kinds of connections are really important, plus they can be motivating.

I do know one person in the industry.

Oh, yeah? I'd love to meet them.

Should I give him a call?

Wait, really?

Nice to meetcha!

It's Blooter, the Chai boss, the soy sauce!

What a blessed day, really!

Never thought I'd get to meet the writer of "The Taiga Betrayal" that's gettin' all kinds of talk!

And seein' your handsome faces makes me all kinds of excited!

Thanks for the food.